O'REILLY: All right. A couple of interesting things in your book, and we -- put it this way, ladies and gentlemen. If we have somebody on here, the book's not going to be a dog. If the book's bad, we're not going to have them on here.

So you are pro-life in a town...

HEATON: That's right.

O'REILLY: ... that is almost 100 percent pro-choice. How does that impact on you?

HEATON: Well, you know, I'm a chairman of Feminists for Life, and so I think that, because of that, we have an interesting stand that most people don't -- haven't heard before, which is being pro-life can be a feminist issue.

The early feminists were pro-life. And really abortion is a huge disservice to women, and it hasn't been presented that way. So -- so it's a -- there's a sort of an in for me because of that take on it.

O'REILLY: Do you take any heat from your peers out there?

HEATON: I did. I mean, I did originally. I vote Republican because of my pro-life stance, and, of course, that was a real hot-button issue when Bill Clinton was first elected.

I mean, people really -- I wore a Quayle-Bush button, and literally people would stop and look at the button the and look at me and give me dirty looks and, you know, say nasty things to me.

The Seahawks got all presidential today in Bellevue, as Matt Hasselbeck and Mack Strong welcomed President George W. Bush to the Hyatt (the president is in town for a political fundraiser). The QB and RB gave the president a Seahawks jersey, number 43. Matt jokingly told the president, "We know you are going to be unemployed here in about a year and a half. About the same time Mack Strong will be retiring. We might be looking for a fullback, so get with your strength coach and we'll be ready for you."

Shoot, if more Democrats where 'old kind' of Democrats, like Harry Truman, this country would be a better place. At least you didn't doubt they gave a damn about the country, even if they where wrong on the methods...

That’s why it used to be, “We disagree, but know they have the best interests of the country” and not “Their evil!” The attitude was very different. I have a book of writings between the Wars. The author seemed to be a Democrat, but he was VERY against Communism.

Yeah, I remember that. Hasselbeck was startled by the negative reaction from some fans and sort of backpedaled. He basically said that he considered meeting President Bush comparable to meeting a celebrity whereas Mack Strong re-affirmed his Conservative leanings.

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